Vermont Statutes Annotated
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 13, § 1204 (2026)
Making or having burglar’s tools
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(Cite as: 13 V.S.A. § 1204)
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§ 1204. Making or having burglar’s tools
A person who manufactures or knowingly has in his or her possession any engine, machine, tool, or implement, adapted and designed for cutting through, forcing or breaking open any building, room, vault, safe, or other depository, in order to steal therefrom money or other property, knowing the same to be adapted and designed for such purpose, with intent to use or employ the same therefor, shall be imprisoned not more than 20 years or fined not more than $10,000.00, or both. (Amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 15; 1981, No. 223 (Adj. Sess.), § 23.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1985–2015 · leading case: State v. Warner, 696 P.2d 1052 (Or. 1985).
State v. Warner, 696 P.2d 1052 (Or. 1985). “…in 1907; SD Codified Laws § 22-32-17 (1978), enacted in 1877; Tenn Code Ann § 39-3-408 (1982), enacted in 1858; Vt Stat Ann tit 13, § 1204 (1974), enacted in 1850; Wash Rev Code Ann § 9A.52.060 (1977), enacted in 1893; Wis Stat Ann § 943.12 (West 1982), enacted in 1893.…”
State v. Michael Hughes, No. 2014-174 (Vt. Feb. 6, 2015). “” 13 V.S.A. § 1204. There being no Vermont model jury instruction on this offense, the State proposed a model jury instruction from Massachusetts, which has a nearly identical statute that also uses the “adapted and designed” language twice in the same manner as the Vermont…”
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